Thursday 15 October 2026

Ubuntu 26.10 released

LWN 13:19 7 outlets

Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.10 ("Stonking Stingray"): Ubuntu 26.10 advances enterprise security features, completes the rollout of the Rust-based uutils coreutils, and strengthens integrations for user authentication using Microsoft Entra…

• 9to5Linux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
• Phoronix Ubuntu 26.10 Released With Linux 7.3 + GNOME 51, Rust Coreutils Migration Complete
• GamingOnLinux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released
• Linuxiac Ubuntu 26.10 Released with GNOME 51, Linux Kernel 7.3, and Rust Coreutils
• OMG! Ubuntu Ubuntu 26.10 is out with GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 & new tiling trick
• and 1 more

Big Walk devs House House announce support for BDS Microsoft boycott, say the co-op puzzler isn't coming to Xbox

Rock Paper Shotgun 10:27 5 outlets

House House, creators of breezy co-op puzzle adventure Big Walk, have become the latest high-profile game developers to express support for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement's ongoing Microsoft boycott. The developers, who also made avian…

• Aftermath Big Walk Isn't On Xbox Because Of The 'Palestinian-Led BDS Movement'
• Eurogamer Big Walk developer explains the lack of Xbox version is due to Microsoft's place on the BDS boycott
• GamesIndustry.biz House House will not release Big Walk on Xbox in support of pro-Palestinian BDS campaign
• PC Gamer Big Walk devs explain why it isn't on Xbox and likely never will be, 'not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets'

Steam Achievement Sets Now in Beta

Steam 22:06 4 outlets

We're starting a beta for Steam Achievement Sets, a new feature aimed at improving the achievement experience on Steam. Games today live longer than ever, continuing to receive updates through new DLC, expansions, and seasons. But achievements added with new…

• Phoronix Today's Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
• The Verge Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
• PC Gamer Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

Welcome Muse Spark Open: open-weight frontier multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Meta

Hugging Face 00:00 4 outlets

• The Decoder Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model FLUX 3 Image Klein runs on consumer GPUs with just 8 GB of VRAM
• The Verge Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
• TechCrunch Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition has fallen short of both your expectations and our own standards", Sega say as they pull it from stores and restore the original

Rock Paper Shotgun 14:27 3 outlets

Total War: Shogun 2's Complete Edition is set to be pulled from stores by publishers Sega and developers Creative Assembly, who've admitted that it fell short of both player expectations and its creators' standards. The studio and their overlords have pledged…

• VGC Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from stores over bugs and AI art
• The Verge Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch

Rockstar has revealed the official launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6

VGC 13:06 3 outlets

The 90-second trailer features original music from Justice

• Eurogamer Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer suddenly drops, showing a saucy shower scene, a tense police chase, and high-flying heists
• PC Gamer The Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer is here

UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

BleepingComputer 08:06 2 outlets

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that manages the country's Public Defender Service, says attackers who breached its IT systems in April 2025 stole records dating back to 1978.

• The Register Legal Aid Agency hackers made off with records dating back to 1978

Monster Hunter Wilds' fairly generous Prologue Demo comes to Switch 2 next week

Eurogamer 08:30 2 outlets

Capcom is letting players 'try before they buy' Monster Hunter Wilds' on Switch 2, bringing the fairly generous 'Prologue demo' to the console before the game's full release on the platform on 4th December.

• VGC The Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds gets a Prologue Demo next week

Ubuntu 26.10 released

LWN 13:19 7 outlets

Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.10 ("Stonking Stingray"): Ubuntu 26.10 advances enterprise security features, completes the rollout of the Rust-based uutils coreutils, and strengthens integrations for user authentication using Microsoft Entra…

• 9to5Linux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
• Phoronix Ubuntu 26.10 Released With Linux 7.3 + GNOME 51, Rust Coreutils Migration Complete
• GamingOnLinux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released
• Linuxiac Ubuntu 26.10 Released with GNOME 51, Linux Kernel 7.3, and Rust Coreutils
• OMG! Ubuntu Ubuntu 26.10 is out with GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 & new tiling trick
• and 1 more

Steam Achievement Sets Now in Beta

Steam 22:06 4 outlets

We're starting a beta for Steam Achievement Sets, a new feature aimed at improving the achievement experience on Steam. Games today live longer than ever, continuing to receive updates through new DLC, expansions, and seasons. But achievements added with new…

• Phoronix Today's Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
• The Verge Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
• PC Gamer Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

Libreboot 26.10 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Released with Full UEFI Support

9to5Linux 09:38 2 outlets

Libreboot 26.10 open-source BIOS/UEFI firmware is now available for download with full UEFI support, support for over 200 Intel/AMD Chromebooks, and other changes.

• Linuxiac Libreboot 26.10 Adds UEFI Support, Expands Hardware Compatibility

Seven stable kernels for Thursday with fix for critical vulnerability

LWN 13:01

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.11, 6.18.57, 6.12.113, 6.6.159, 6.1.190, 5.15.223, and 5.10.272 stable kernels. This series includes, among other things, a fix for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-99999). The flaw in…

KDE releases documentary

LWN 13:24

As part of KDE's 30th anniversary celebration, the project has released The KDE Documentary — A Story of Free Software Underdogs (YouTube video): The story starts in 1996, when Matthias Ettrich, a student at the University of Tübingen, posted to a Usenet…

Vendor hooks in the Android kernel

LWN 15:09 subscribers

Since Android's inception, the kernels it has used have diverged significantly from the mainline. While many of those differences have been resolved over time, and the move to the generic kernel image has helped to bring Android closer, current devices still…

KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell

Ars Technica 22:21

KDE celebrates 30 years with a new Plasma release, a farewell to X11, and a movie.

Steam Achievement Sets Now in Beta

Steam 22:06 4 outlets

We're starting a beta for Steam Achievement Sets, a new feature aimed at improving the achievement experience on Steam. Games today live longer than ever, continuing to receive updates through new DLC, expansions, and seasons. But achievements added with new…

• Phoronix Today's Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
• The Verge Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
• PC Gamer Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

Welcome Muse Spark Open: open-weight frontier multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Meta

Hugging Face 00:00 4 outlets

• The Decoder Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model FLUX 3 Image Klein runs on consumer GPUs with just 8 GB of VRAM
• The Verge Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
• TechCrunch Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition has fallen short of both your expectations and our own standards", Sega say as they pull it from stores and restore the original

Rock Paper Shotgun 14:27 3 outlets

Total War: Shogun 2's Complete Edition is set to be pulled from stores by publishers Sega and developers Creative Assembly, who've admitted that it fell short of both player expectations and its creators' standards. The studio and their overlords have pledged…

• VGC Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from stores over bugs and AI art
• The Verge Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch

UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

BleepingComputer 08:06 2 outlets

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that manages the country's Public Defender Service, says attackers who breached its IT systems in April 2025 stole records dating back to 1978.

• The Register Legal Aid Agency hackers made off with records dating back to 1978

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Wired 10:00 2 outlets

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

• The Register Spyware vendors found a way to make targeted ads even worse

Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving

The Verge 17:30 2 outlets

Volvo plans to launch hands-free, point-to-point driving by 2030, powered by Nvidia's latest AI technology. The Chinese-owned, Swedish-designed automaker said Thursday it would use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving…

• TechCrunch Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia for hands-free automated driving

Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas

Ars Technica 15:05

Seabirds, native plants, and healthy reefs can help atolls build as seas rise.

Welcome Muse Spark Open: open-weight frontier multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Meta

Hugging Face 00:00 4 outlets

• The Decoder Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model FLUX 3 Image Klein runs on consumer GPUs with just 8 GB of VRAM
• The Verge Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
• TechCrunch Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life

MIT Technology Review 08:43

Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists. They hope to replicate the findings with human organs. The kidneys—which are similar in size…

Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind

MIT Technology Review 09:00

Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense…

How much more can nuclear power plants give?

MIT Technology Review 10:00

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible. Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest…

Compact Analog Signal Generators for Fast RF Testing

IEEE Spectrum 10:00

This White Paper shows RF and microwave engineers and technicians how compact analog signal generators support core amplifier and receiver test tasks, from gain and distortion measurements to blocker rejection, power calibration, and local oscillator…

Can a Radioactive Ore Break China’s Grip on Rare Earths?

IEEE Spectrum 14:53

The global campaigns to break China’s dominance of vital rare-earth markets are shaping up into one of the signature geostrategic struggles of the early 21st century. Hundreds of mining companies, government agencies, and industrial facilities scattered…

Chasing China’s Monazite Monopoly

IEEE Spectrum 14:54

One of the singular features of Baotou, an industrial city of 2 million people in Inner Mongolia, is a 10-square-kilometer (4-square-mile) lake that is among the most polluted in the world. The artificial lake, referred to by the name of the dam associated…

Ubuntu 26.10 released

LWN 13:19 7 outlets

Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.10 ("Stonking Stingray"): Ubuntu 26.10 advances enterprise security features, completes the rollout of the Rust-based uutils coreutils, and strengthens integrations for user authentication using Microsoft Entra…

• 9to5Linux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
• Phoronix Ubuntu 26.10 Released With Linux 7.3 + GNOME 51, Rust Coreutils Migration Complete
• GamingOnLinux Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released
• Linuxiac Ubuntu 26.10 Released with GNOME 51, Linux Kernel 7.3, and Rust Coreutils
• OMG! Ubuntu Ubuntu 26.10 is out with GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 & new tiling trick
• and 1 more

Big Walk devs House House announce support for BDS Microsoft boycott, say the co-op puzzler isn't coming to Xbox

Rock Paper Shotgun 10:27 5 outlets

House House, creators of breezy co-op puzzle adventure Big Walk, have become the latest high-profile game developers to express support for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement's ongoing Microsoft boycott. The developers, who also made avian…

• Aftermath Big Walk Isn't On Xbox Because Of The 'Palestinian-Led BDS Movement'
• Eurogamer Big Walk developer explains the lack of Xbox version is due to Microsoft's place on the BDS boycott
• GamesIndustry.biz House House will not release Big Walk on Xbox in support of pro-Palestinian BDS campaign
• PC Gamer Big Walk devs explain why it isn't on Xbox and likely never will be, 'not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets'

Steam Achievement Sets Now in Beta

Steam 22:06 4 outlets

We're starting a beta for Steam Achievement Sets, a new feature aimed at improving the achievement experience on Steam. Games today live longer than ever, continuing to receive updates through new DLC, expansions, and seasons. But achievements added with new…

• Phoronix Today's Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
• The Verge Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’
• PC Gamer Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

"Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition has fallen short of both your expectations and our own standards", Sega say as they pull it from stores and restore the original

Rock Paper Shotgun 14:27 3 outlets

Total War: Shogun 2's Complete Edition is set to be pulled from stores by publishers Sega and developers Creative Assembly, who've admitted that it fell short of both player expectations and its creators' standards. The studio and their overlords have pledged…

• VGC Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 – Complete Edition from stores over bugs and AI art
• The Verge Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch

Rockstar has revealed the official launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6

VGC 13:06 3 outlets

The 90-second trailer features original music from Justice

• Eurogamer Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer suddenly drops, showing a saucy shower scene, a tense police chase, and high-flying heists
• PC Gamer The Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer is here

Monster Hunter Wilds' fairly generous Prologue Demo comes to Switch 2 next week

Eurogamer 08:30 2 outlets

Capcom is letting players 'try before they buy' Monster Hunter Wilds' on Switch 2, bringing the fairly generous 'Prologue demo' to the console before the game's full release on the platform on 4th December.

• VGC The Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds gets a Prologue Demo next week

007 First Light gets Switch 2 release date, with IO Interactive saying time for "optimisation and performance" was needed

Eurogamer 09:17 2 outlets

The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light will be released 18th March, 2027, IO Interactive has announced. The game had originally been expected this summer but IOI announced a delay to an unspecific date in March roughly a month ago.

• VGC The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light finally gets a new release date